I'm a self-employed web designer & photographer since 1998. But that's all business and this blog is all about my crafty hobbies! Throughout this blog you will find things like watercolor painting, paper crafting, stamping, card-making, copics, my own hand drawn digital stamps, beading, cooking, gardening, photography, photoshop, the antics of my 4 legged children, Emma & Francie!

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FAQ: This blog is just for fun. I am a self-employeed web designer and photographer, please visit TiffanyRichards.com for inquiries. Around the garden I use a small point and shoot Canon. I also use a Canon D40 with a wide variety of lenses, lighting and accessories. I'm addicted to Lightroom, Photoshop and Dreamweaver. I have a 17" Dell XPS m1710 and 3 other Dell laptops. A Dell 24" monitor. 2 Epson printers, one of which is a wide format. HP scanner. Three external hard drives at 600gig each. Any Questions?
Okay, now, my crafting supplies include: Cricut Expression & 5 cartridges, Slice & 6 cartridges, Sizzix Big Kick, Bunches of Nestibilities and cuttlebug emobossing folders, 2 Xyron sticker makers, Tonic paper cutter, 279 copic markers, 100's of papers, stamps, punches, ribbons, embellishments, glitter, embossing powders, and too much more to mention! Feel free to ask me any questions about anything you've seen on my blog!

Francie is a climber. No matter where she is she has to get to the highest point she can reach. Whether it's the back of the couch, the deck, top of the stairs, or on top of a pile of laundry! In this pic she is sitting at the top of the stairs, from this view point she can watch me in the kitchen, or she can keep up with all the bird and squirrel activity on the deck!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

My daffodils will go in the ground in the next couple of days! It'sfinally gonna warm up! David already tilled up some space around myfence! He also plowed up an area for our veggie garden! More news onthat soon!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

My Valentine's Day flowers!! David got me Daffodils b/c they will last forever, they keep returning every year! I can't wait to get them in the ground! They will go in front of the fence around my garden shed!! What do ya think?

My Garden Shed! This will be the first full season that I get to really use it! This was my birthday present from David last year! He's so good to me! I can't wait to get flowers growing everywhere!

I put a little bunny in front of the gate! Cute!

Can you see my bench beneath the window? David built that from an old chevy tailgate. Right in front of that area, under the canopy, is where we'll plant a small (very beginner) vegetable garden!! Potatoes, broccoli, and butterbeans for sure!!

Monday, February 16, 2009

This is a smaller piece on 5.5x8.5" cold pressed paper. The cow I sketched out from a picture in my Hobby Farms magazine. If you can see it up close i even did the little wiskers on her lip. I like my fence in the background but I don't care for those trees. I need to do some tree lessons! But i do love her luscious eye lashes!

I made this little paper weight for David from a smooth river rock. After he gets his office moved he going to use it on his desk! After i photographed this rock and saw it up close i realized I probably should have worn some glasses to paint this little thing. The bird's beak is crooked and some of my other lines aren't even touching! haha! On the back is a little red heart and "your girl Tiff".

All of my paintings I do are for David. But this one I did special for Valetine's Day. Everytime we pass some little rundown cabin or shed off the road somewhere, he always says.. "I could live there!". So I found this picture from a watercolor lesson i found on the internet. I did the best i could, but i think my perspective was a little off on the overhanging shed to the right.

I love this little blue bird! I did this with my watercolor pencils on a small 4x5" canvas. This is the first thing I've tried on canvas. I did this one by looking at a picture. So far, with all the paintings I've sketched them out with pencil really lightly before i try to paint.I also duplicated this painting on a greeting card for my sister, Laura. I sent it to her for Valentine's Day! She loves Bluebirds. I miss her.

This cardinal was a fun project! Again, a lesson from the Terry Madden DVD. It is 11x15, the biggest painting i've tried yet! David was really impressed with this one! Of course, he loves them all! =) I actually framed this one and gave it to Granny for Valentine's Day. She loves Cardinals so she was happy!

I did this hibiscus from a lesson on the Terry Madden DVD. I used the pointed end of my paintbrush to carve the veins in the leaves and flower. I love the Hibiscus flower! It reminds me of my old home in south Florida!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

This was also done with my watercolor pencils and my aquarelle brush pen. At Hobby Lobby I discovered hot pressed watercolor paper. I didn't know what that was before, but it comes in poster sized sheets and it's a much finer grain than the normal cold-pressed paper that most people are familiar with. It seems to allow for much finer detail.

My Dad came over for the day cause he wanted to check out Hobby Lobby. He only lives about an hour away in Savannah. They have a Michaels Craft Store there. Anyway, we hung out in there for a while in the art section. Then came home and watched a Susan Scheewe DVD on Painting Trees & Leaves. That was good. Then we both decided to do a quick little project together. We picked out a drawing of a tulip. We both painted and this is what mine looked like. Dad's was good too, he made his tulip red.

Okay, I may have bit off more than i could chew with this one. I wanted to paint one of my own favorite photos that I took many years ago at Brookgreen Gardens, in SC. I also did this with the watercolor pencils on a 12x12 paper. I penciled in pieces at a time and then painted with my aquarelle water brush. I used an actual brush on the bigger parts.

I haven't painted since high school either. It is something I've kept saying.... "i'm gonna start painting again" for years... Well, i went and bought some water color pencils from Hobby Lobby (I LOVE that store!) and some watercolor paper. This was the first thing i've tried. A pink dogwood flower! The pencils will take some getting used to, but i'll keep trying. The leaf looks like crayon... ugh. And I wasn't really sure what the middle of the flower was suppose to look like.

Obviously, I need some major practice. I've been looking up tutorials on google and watch some helpful videos on YouTube. This is gonna take time, but i'm excited!

Saturday, February 14, 2009

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